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Consultant contract 'failed to boost output'
The NHS consultant contract has failed to increase productivity since being introduced in 2003, according to a 10-year study.
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Commissioning Board will lift and shift just 200 staff
The NHS Commissioning Board has confirmed it will have to “lift and shift” 200 staff, but will have completed job matching or internal competition for 98 per cent of posts by the end of this month.
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Merseyside GP takeover undergoing OFT and CCP scrutiny
FINANCE: The takeover of 20 practices by a family run GP firm is being examined by the Office of Fair Trading and Cooperation and Competition Panel.
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New chair for Croydon after 'governance concerns'
WORKFORCE: NHS London has said the chair of Croydon Health Services Trust stepped down after “governance concerns” and said a review of governance would take place in the new year.
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Strategy advised to prevent trust failure
Regulatory authorities, health commissioners and the government will have to take urgent action to stop trusts from becoming financially unstable, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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North Tees and Hartlepool names bidders for building work
STRUCTURE: North Tees and Hartlepool Hospitals Foundation Trust has named three bidders who will compete to win the job of building the trust’s new hospital.
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Report says LAS wrongly bringing stroke cases to West Middlesex
PERFORMANCE: West Middlesex University Hospital has written to the Lonsdon Ambulance Service over “a number” of cases where patients should have been taken to a hyper acute stroke unit but were instead taken to West Middlesex.
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New £2.45m research facility to open at UHSM
CLINICAL RESEARCH: The country’s Chief Medical Officer will tomorrow (14 December) open a new £2.45 million clinical research centre at the trust’s Wythenshawe Hospital.
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Second trust given permission to tender for a private management franchise
COMMERCIAL: George Eliot Hospital Trust has been given permission to go to market to seek a “strategic partner” to secure its long-term future.
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Caldicott expected to raise legal doubts over CSU data services
The NHS Information Centre for health and social care is increasing its capacity to store and manage data in the expectation that commissioning support units will be prevented from holding sensitive information about patients.
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Second London hospital chair in a week announces resignation
WORKFORCE: Michael Parker has stepped down as chair of Croydon Health Services Trust after eight months.
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Licensing regime could tilt playing field against NHS providers, Confed warns
Aspects of the new system for licensing providers of publicly funded healthcare risk unfairly disadvantaging NHS organisations, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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East of England pathology shake-up announced
NHS Midlands and East has announced the successful bidders in a tender for pathology services across the East of England, as part of a long-awaited reconfiguration intended to cut the region’s lab bill by up to £29m.
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CQC finds staffing now safe on Bristol children's heart ward
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission is satisfied University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust has addressed concerns about staffing levels on a ward for children recovering from heart surgery, a report by the trust claims.
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Warning on patient care 'rationing'
The government should take “a more active interest” in ensuring that patient care is not being rationed, a report suggests.
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Labour demands 'honesty' on NHS
Labour has called on the government to provide “a bit of accountability and a bit of honesty” as it accused the coalition of presiding over a “cut” in NHS spending during its term in office.
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Brighton and Sussex attains HSMR of 94
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust performed better than expected for patient mortality rates, according to this year’s Dr Foster “hospital guide”.
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